I'll be sticking with Windows 7... No complaints here 
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Thinking of Getting Windows 8?
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It's forcing you to use the what was "Live" account to be able to use it to it's full functionality, where have i seen that before? oh yes...Google Play on Android.
Sticking to & 64bit as i didn't like 8 at all.
Sticking to & 64bit as i didn't like 8 at all.
SkydivinGirl
Retro Girl
I haven't read the full thread so please forgive me if I say something that's already been said.
I've just been configuring a desktop with Windows 8 and everything is more difficult. Some of the default actions are no longer the same, so I have to do an Alt+Y to click Yes instead of just hitting Enter. Turning off or rebooting the system is a pain because it takes more steps.
The worst part is for those who use Remote Desktop a lot. Instead of popping up a small start menu, it replaces your entire screen with tiles, which takes up more bandwidth when working remotely. Horrible.
Heather
I've just been configuring a desktop with Windows 8 and everything is more difficult. Some of the default actions are no longer the same, so I have to do an Alt+Y to click Yes instead of just hitting Enter. Turning off or rebooting the system is a pain because it takes more steps.
The worst part is for those who use Remote Desktop a lot. Instead of popping up a small start menu, it replaces your entire screen with tiles, which takes up more bandwidth when working remotely. Horrible.
Heather
protek
"Takai desu ne." -"Jinsei da."
I usually have it disabled on my laptop just because of that. Give me an IBM touchpoint anytime.
A couple of us at work were discussing it this afternoon, we reckon business take-up will be very low to non-existent purely because you can't permanently configure it to behave like Windows 7, and the fact that everything is fullscreen.
Hopefully M$ come to their senses for Windows 9.
Hopefully M$ come to their senses for Windows 9.
My next monitor would either be 27" or 30" so it would indeed be very silly to have everything run fullscreen on that..
If they're going towards everything being fullscreen, maybe they should stop calling it 'Windows' if they are removing the actual windows.
If they're going towards everything being fullscreen, maybe they should stop calling it 'Windows' if they are removing the actual windows.
I like the look of the surface pro, looks to me like that's a point when I could get 8. But with that sexy new razer contraption out, the surface just fell a notch on my priority list. Maybe the razer runs 8 though.
SkydivinGirl
Retro Girl
After trying to configure Windows 8 yesterday and today, I noticed a couple other annoyances. The first is in regards to a feature of the Start menu that I use constantly! The feature I'm talking about is the Recent items drop-down that appears next to each of your pinned or frequently used applications. I use that all the time for frequently used documents!
The other problem is closing Apps in the Metro interface. The only way to close them is to either click on the top of the screen then drag down to the bottom of the screen or hit Alt+F4. Whose idea was it to get rid of a simple single click close button? It seems like this interface is going backwards.
As many people keep screaming, make the Start menu an option instead of forcing everyone to use an interface that is designed for touchscreen devices. I find myself having to do multiple actions for tasks that took only one before.
Grumble Grumble Bah Humbug.
Heather
The other problem is closing Apps in the Metro interface. The only way to close them is to either click on the top of the screen then drag down to the bottom of the screen or hit Alt+F4. Whose idea was it to get rid of a simple single click close button? It seems like this interface is going backwards.
As many people keep screaming, make the Start menu an option instead of forcing everyone to use an interface that is designed for touchscreen devices. I find myself having to do multiple actions for tasks that took only one before.
Grumble Grumble Bah Humbug.
Heather
I first went and purchased windows 8 for my panasonic toughbook "with a touchscreen" . This was a upgrade from windows 7 32bit to win8 32bit.
I have to say after getting used to metro and all the shortcuts in win 8 i will never go back to 7. I even went ahead and bought a Samsung 27" touchscreen for my main computer together with windows 8 and am very happy.
The cause of all this is that i have not used a laptop with out a touchscreen for the last 3 years and keep touching the screen on every computer that does not have one.
I really have to say though that the new 27" is brilliant and windows 8 have far more tricks up its sleeve "finesses" than what you might expect. Whatever you may say we still have win+r (run) who ever used the start menu anyways ???
I have to say after getting used to metro and all the shortcuts in win 8 i will never go back to 7. I even went ahead and bought a Samsung 27" touchscreen for my main computer together with windows 8 and am very happy.
The cause of all this is that i have not used a laptop with out a touchscreen for the last 3 years and keep touching the screen on every computer that does not have one.
I really have to say though that the new 27" is brilliant and windows 8 have far more tricks up its sleeve "finesses" than what you might expect. Whatever you may say we still have win+r (run) who ever used the start menu anyways ???
It's nice on my Netbook, I wouldn't like it on my main PC though.
I was using it earlier and I was stumped for a while at how to create a new Notepad text document without a start menu lol
But I'm still pleased I bought it for the Netbook, it's 1 million times better than Vista it replaced
...Vista? ... On a NETBOOK!? :computertrash: :double
What kind of netbook was this?
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We were given Win8 free by our Uni and I still won't use it. Had it on a virtual machine for about an hour to try it out and unless you have a touch screen its extremely awkward and impractical.
I will not splash out on a touch screen monitor just to use the 'latest' OS.
Another issue I have is the marketplace, I will now have to buy all the apps I've bought on android and PSN again just to be able to use them on my PC
Perhaps if they actually bother to make it more desktop friendly, perhaps with Win8 SP1, I will upgrade but for now, I'm sticking to 7.
To me it just seems like they've taken all the popular bits from all the other modern OS's and crammed them into this, and it all seems mixed and confused.
WHiZZi
Member
The whole problem with Microsoft nowadays, is that they aren't inventive anymore.
I tried I think 90% of all Operating Systems available. Why, mostly out of curiosity. This includes very awkward ones like V2_OS (most of you probably never heard of it), BeOS and just plain good ones which didn't make it in the end; OS/2, AmigaOS
Currently using Linux (Ubuntu) at current job, CentOS, BSD and Debian as servers, Mac OS X and AmigaOS 4.1 for home computers and Windows 7 as studio PC.
Obviously, I tried Windows 8. For me, it looks like Microsoft is trying to hold on to a straw to be inventive again. Microsoft was having the first (known) tablet PC back in 2001 but didn't have an OS for it. Then Apple came around with it's iPod, followed by iPhone and then the iPad. With the first iPhone they made an OS for it (known as the non-Cisco iOS ) and they continue to improve it so it'll work with iPad...
On the other hand, Apple also had Mac OS X and gently merged iOS and OS-X together to what it is today. Resulting in a good working system on both devices, perfectly in sync with eachother.
Microsoft was inventive with Windows 95 and merging the NT-kernel with customer OS together was winning too, resulting in Windows XP.
But they didn't invent more and Windows Vista and 7 were not inventive anymore.
Microsoft figured this plus is seeing how Apple is having major success with their i-Everything which blending in just fine with each other. So, with their not so successful Mobile division they are trying to do the same trick but don't see they are too late in that..
Windows 8 is a desperate way to hook into the same as Apple, but is failing because nobody is expecting it. Windows 8 is made for touchscreen devices and is not working effective on normal desktop computers (or laptops), that's just a fact. I tried and I hate it. Apple does a way better job with the touchpad use combining the touch-devices and non-touch devices. Both will work in the most efficient way.
The reason why Windows 8 is being bought so much is explainable. They finally seen the light that Windows was too expensive, so they made a normal price for it. Plus they have this huge market and contracts with large computer brands so they can only sell a computer if Windows is put on there..
Try to get a Dell Desktop computer without OS.. impossible.
Microsoft is a software brand, Apple is a hardware brand. Apple created nice hardware and made software to run it. Microsoft is trying to please everybody by making software which should be able to run on so much different hardware... plus they are not inventive anymore and just following the mass like Google and Apple.. Microsoft has become a copy-cat.
As soon as Apple decides that their OS-X can run on all PC's or when hardware brands decide to support another OS (like Linux), Microsoft (the Windows division) will go bankrupt pretty soon.
In short, Microsoft is dying a slow and painful death and Windows 8 isn't helping anymore.
I tried I think 90% of all Operating Systems available. Why, mostly out of curiosity. This includes very awkward ones like V2_OS (most of you probably never heard of it), BeOS and just plain good ones which didn't make it in the end; OS/2, AmigaOS
Currently using Linux (Ubuntu) at current job, CentOS, BSD and Debian as servers, Mac OS X and AmigaOS 4.1 for home computers and Windows 7 as studio PC.
Obviously, I tried Windows 8. For me, it looks like Microsoft is trying to hold on to a straw to be inventive again. Microsoft was having the first (known) tablet PC back in 2001 but didn't have an OS for it. Then Apple came around with it's iPod, followed by iPhone and then the iPad. With the first iPhone they made an OS for it (known as the non-Cisco iOS
) and they continue to improve it so it'll work with iPad...On the other hand, Apple also had Mac OS X and gently merged iOS and OS-X together to what it is today. Resulting in a good working system on both devices, perfectly in sync with eachother.
Microsoft was inventive with Windows 95 and merging the NT-kernel with customer OS together was winning too, resulting in Windows XP.
But they didn't invent more and Windows Vista and 7 were not inventive anymore.
Microsoft figured this plus is seeing how Apple is having major success with their i-Everything which blending in just fine with each other. So, with their not so successful Mobile division they are trying to do the same trick but don't see they are too late in that..
Windows 8 is a desperate way to hook into the same as Apple, but is failing because nobody is expecting it. Windows 8 is made for touchscreen devices and is not working effective on normal desktop computers (or laptops), that's just a fact. I tried and I hate it. Apple does a way better job with the touchpad use combining the touch-devices and non-touch devices. Both will work in the most efficient way.
The reason why Windows 8 is being bought so much is explainable. They finally seen the light that Windows was too expensive, so they made a normal price for it. Plus they have this huge market and contracts with large computer brands so they can only sell a computer if Windows is put on there..
Try to get a Dell Desktop computer without OS.. impossible.
Microsoft is a software brand, Apple is a hardware brand. Apple created nice hardware and made software to run it. Microsoft is trying to please everybody by making software which should be able to run on so much different hardware... plus they are not inventive anymore and just following the mass like Google and Apple.. Microsoft has become a copy-cat.
As soon as Apple decides that their OS-X can run on all PC's or when hardware brands decide to support another OS (like Linux), Microsoft (the Windows division) will go bankrupt pretty soon.
In short, Microsoft is dying a slow and painful death and Windows 8 isn't helping anymore.
Umm, no point comparing it to OSX. Windows 8 has already outsold 10.8 in 2-3 months.
If Windows 8 is seen as a failure in many peoples eyes, then Apple have completely failed with computers.
Windows 8, my opinion. The new start menu is largely useless. I just go to the desktop and run everything from there, don't even bother with start8 etc, just create shortcuts on the taskbar/desktop, job done. Everything else in Windows 8 is better than Windows 7 and it's predecessors. File copying for example no longer craps out and can be paused resumed etc. File overwriting is smart now and won't shaft you by pausing the whole transfer, it only prompt at the end for files that need an answer.
Games are running just as nice as Win7, IE10 is great and speedy. Device Drivers and automatically installing network nas boxes and streamers, printers etc is a godsend.
What's not to like, all an OS does for me is act as a file manager and app launcher. Windows 8 does this better and more stable than any other version of windows.
If Windows 8 is seen as a failure in many peoples eyes, then Apple have completely failed with computers.
Windows 8, my opinion. The new start menu is largely useless. I just go to the desktop and run everything from there, don't even bother with start8 etc, just create shortcuts on the taskbar/desktop, job done. Everything else in Windows 8 is better than Windows 7 and it's predecessors. File copying for example no longer craps out and can be paused resumed etc. File overwriting is smart now and won't shaft you by pausing the whole transfer, it only prompt at the end for files that need an answer.
Games are running just as nice as Win7, IE10 is great and speedy. Device Drivers and automatically installing network nas boxes and streamers, printers etc is a godsend.
What's not to like, all an OS does for me is act as a file manager and app launcher. Windows 8 does this better and more stable than any other version of windows.
I have a multiboot for windows 8, windows xp, aros, Ubuntu. 99% time is spent in ubuntu.
I don't hate windows 8 interface, in fact I am using the new gnome interface in ubuntu as well, wich lacks the classic start as well.
I think the start button is a thing of the past, and people need to move on. It's just another way of working with a computer. I do understand some people hate this "big" move.
As far as I used windows 8 its stable and rather fast. Though it's not my os of first choiche
I don't hate windows 8 interface, in fact I am using the new gnome interface in ubuntu as well, wich lacks the classic start as well.
I think the start button is a thing of the past, and people need to move on. It's just another way of working with a computer. I do understand some people hate this "big" move.
As far as I used windows 8 its stable and rather fast. Though it's not my os of first choiche
Justin
Active member
well i didn't want to raise this point as someone will make a comment about fudged figures, or new machine sales, but the fact does remain, windows 8 is selling and is becoming common place.
try buying a win 7 machine, there are a few but not many out there now.
i will make the switch to win8 with a start bar hack as the speed increase is supposed to be noticable.
time to move on chaps
try buying a win 7 machine, there are a few but not many out there now.
i will make the switch to win8 with a start bar hack as the speed increase is supposed to be noticable.
time to move on chaps
Darth Vader... "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" 
... I think I'd seriously be considering Mac iOS about now if A) it were available for my peecee, and B) had direct x support for my games...
Not saying windows 8 is a bad OS... but I hate the UI. It's built for touch screens and needs a non-touch mode. Then I will give it a better chance.
I dont think using a mouse to click tiles and having to use keyboard shortcuts to access certain features when you don't have a touch screen is practical or intuitive at all for desktop users.
...And as I've said, I'm not buying a touch screen monitor just so I can upgrade the OS.
... I think I'd seriously be considering Mac iOS about now if A) it were available for my peecee, and B) had direct x support for my games...
Not saying windows 8 is a bad OS... but I hate the UI. It's built for touch screens and needs a non-touch mode. Then I will give it a better chance.
I dont think using a mouse to click tiles and having to use keyboard shortcuts to access certain features when you don't have a touch screen is practical or intuitive at all for desktop users.
...And as I've said, I'm not buying a touch screen monitor just so I can upgrade the OS.
The whole issue with Windows 8 is touch screen obsession. All the OS developers are concentrating on it, and forgetting that for anything serious it just isn't accurate enough compared to a mouse and keyboard. No business is going to adopt Win8.
It's also mad that M$ pulled availability of Windows 7 as soon as 8 was released. You can only find Win8 installed on any computers in stores now and you can't buy a copy of Win7 anywhere.
Mac OS isn't looking much better as Apple are developing that for iOS convergence and touch screen in mind.
It's mad.
It's also mad that M$ pulled availability of Windows 7 as soon as 8 was released. You can only find Win8 installed on any computers in stores now and you can't buy a copy of Win7 anywhere.
Mac OS isn't looking much better as Apple are developing that for iOS convergence and touch screen in mind.
It's mad.